tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post3780674917409881435..comments2024-03-27T23:06:28.849+13:00Comments on Matte Shot - a tribute to Golden Era special fx: The Epics - THE ROBE and DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS matte shots - part ten of an ongoing seriesNZPetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13863364769084676156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-80957152365931396792014-04-30T08:00:27.503+12:002014-04-30T08:00:27.503+12:00Since my Father John DeCuir Sr. was designer for b...Since my Father John DeCuir Sr. was designer for both the Robe and Three Coins in the Fountain most likely some portions those "phoney" marble sets were reused. Couldn't have been all that phony given the Robe won the Oscar for best Art Direction. ;-) He got a little better at marble making when he went to Rome and won the Oscar for Cleopatra ;-) I will have to dig out the pencils sketches dad made fort these matte shots on the Robe. Cinematixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343321963755473348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063592677187148799.post-19391029816678632772012-06-10T20:09:55.069+12:002012-06-10T20:09:55.069+12:00Ever see a Fox movie called "Desiree" ab...Ever see a Fox movie called "Desiree" about 1954 with Jean Simmons and Marlon Brando as Napoleon? I think a lot of the phony marble sets from "The Robe" and "Demetrius and the Gladiators" were used in this film. I think the sets also appear in the film "Three Coins in the Fountain"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com